Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2025-08-20

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,220 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 2,035▼ 960 vs year ago 3,180 · −30.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was very good with active bidding from all buyers at the sale barn and internet . Next Auction Dates: Aug 27th and Sept 3rd Special Feeder Cattle Auctions

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $467.41/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −32.28 against this barn's trailing median of $499.69.
Average price
$467.41
28 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.92
vs NE average
+67.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568467.412,65528
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
467.41
—
NE average2 barns · 102 hd
458.49
+8.92
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+67.52
This barn, trailing median11 sales
499.69
−32.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales
538497456415median 499.6904/0105/0607/0810/0710/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $499.69 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,94710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,2165
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,61813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,67815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623436.34/cwt431.00–445.002,71851
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,85021
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717406.07/cwt394.00–412.502,91255
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787376.33/cwt373.00–379.002,96236
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810366.24/cwt343.50–373.502,96796
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882354.76/cwt342.25–366.253,129245
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1947330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,125115
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,033325.19/cwt313.75–334.503,359657
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,075310.88/cwt310.50–311.253,342211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,62212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0197
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,03713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,08717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578417.40/cwt412.50–420.002,41332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618405.19/cwt400.00–409.002,50457
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,46830
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728362.11/cwt360.00–366.002,63663
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,5368
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772341.03/cwt335.00–345.002,63323
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831340.10/cwt330.50–360.002,82646
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836326.50/cwt326.50–326.502,73015
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed901332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,99665
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1903328.75/cwt328.75–328.752,96959
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1963320.28/cwt319.00–322.003,08421
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,027309.10/cwt304.00–315.003,17430

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.